I think the work on The Hulk alone warrants a 'Best Visual Effect' nomination (and hopefully a win). The Academy doesn't like to award Oscars to 'genre' (particularly Comic Book) movies, but it is hard to ignore a movie as successful as Avengers.

Did this person see all these movies? I like the list, some parts are very interesting and seem well thought out, but kind of weird to see such early predictions. Makes me nervous for Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty. I would think they'd be up for more awards if they'd be as good as I'm hoping. It's depressing that Les Miz and Lincoln are probably automatics instead.

@narky Whoa! The Avengers certainly deserves something, and genre stuff does generally get shortchanged at awards, but it should NOT be depressing that Les Mis has a chance at winning! Almost everything about that project sounds amazing. The people making it most definitely have their heart in the right place. Live singing on set? Check. No replacing songs with dialogue although that'll make the film much more difficult to sell? Check. Count me in. (Now just hoping the finished project does not let me down.)

Signed, "Can't decide if I love genre shows or musical theatre more, but hey, Joss is a fan of both, too!"

I hope it wins at least a couple of awards. It doesn't look likely to be acknowledged in anything other than the technical categories, but hypothetically would the screenplay be considered original or adapted? Surely the screenplay is deserving if one thinks about it as a near-impossible adaptaion.

I don't think it stands a chance at Best Sound Mixing, seeing as it's up against a sung-through musical that will combine live on-set singing with studio orchestrations tailored to the singing, plus all the other regular sound-effects. Yeah, I don't know if Hooper's film will be any good, but Les Mis is something I wholeheartedly disagree with Joss on.

The sound Sound Mixing Category is about the post-production mixing. Avengers' mixing wasn't exceptional, and Les Mis may not be either. If Avengers is nominated for it, I wouldn't expect it to win. Also worthy of note: usually, but not always, the winner of one of the sound awards wins both.

Les Mis is something me and Mr. Whedon will have to disagree on, then. I can live with that, since we agree on so many other things.

(At least South Park's Trey Parker is a fan... http://treyparker.info/archives_ign_12may05.htm And at the end of the day I'd definitely take Joss's opinion over Trey's on many, many topics (such as feminism and genre TV), but when it comes to musicals and songwriting, Trey wins it for me hands down. AlthoughILOVEdrhorrible! *ducks and covers*)

Unless The Hobbit really blows everything else out of the water, I think Avengers should be in with a good chance for the technical stuff. Unfortunately I think it has about a 0,1% chance for any of the major awards. Such is the lot of genre fiction. :/